In the novel A Pocket Full of Lies, Chakotay learns that the temporal anomaly that caused Voyager to be fractured across multiple time periods ("Shattered") was actually the result of a chroniton torpedo fired at Voyager by the Krenim in an attempt to prevent Voyager from disrupting their new peace after Janeway's actions undid Annorax's temporal manipulations. While their plan to regress Voyager back to a point before their involvement in the conflict failed, they were able to take a past, alternate version of Janeway prisoner, resulting in her becoming a leader in a protracted conflict on a disputed planet between the Zahl and the Rilnar with the goal of preventing her from taking any action to disrupt the Krenim Imperium.